What to do with Win8? Three steps to build a personal computer

I believe that many netizens are trying Windows 8, and some users who are not rushing are waiting for the official release of Win8
. In the previous article, the author has introduced some information about Win8price
, and today we will take a look at what needs to be done in the first time after Win8 is installed.

Personalization

Compared with Win7, Win8's customization is no longer limited to the desktop, but also needs to consider a comprehensive start interface. On the desktop side, Win8 is basically the same as Win7. I believe Win7 users will not feel strange, but for users who upgrade directly from XP to Win8, they may need some understanding.

First of all, there are three ways to call up the desktop personalization in Win8, one is to open in the control panel, and the other is to open the desktop to select "personalized" to open, these operations are completely complete with Win7 no difference. In addition, there is another way that is unique to Win8. Move the mouse
to the top right or bottom right corner of the desktop to call the Charm bar, and then select the personalization option in the Settings option.

Personalization location

Win8's desktop personalization settings are the same as Win7, you can directly use the system's own theme, but also on wallpaper, color, The sounds and screensavers are set separately and support for saving custom themes for use at any time.

Tabletop personalization is not much different from Win7

After setting up the personalized project of the desktop, the following will enter the focus of Win8 personalization, which is also the starting interface of the new concept. After entering the start interface, also move the mouse to call out the Charm bar. In the settings, select the “Change Computer
Settings” option at the bottom. The first one is to see the personalized settings.

The personalization of the Win8 start interface is divided into three parts, namely the lock screen, the start screen and the user avatar. The lock screen settings can use the system's own wallpaper, or you can add your favorite wallpaper as a lock screen interface. In addition, the lock screen interface also supports the display of application messages, such as receiving new mail, even in the lock screen interface we can see notification reminders.

Lock Screen Settings

The start screen can't add custom background at present, but the system provides users with 20 background patterns and 25 color matching schemes. Meet the user's requirements. As for the user avatar, there is not much to introduce here, just add the selected image to it.

Start Screen Settings

From the above, users can completely customize from the lock screen to the start interface to the desktop, allowing their computers to go from inside to outside. They are all different.

Setting Account Synchronization

In Win8
, users can log in to the system using a local account or log in using a Microsoft account. However, in a networked environment, we recommend using a Microsoft account to log in to the system, because there are many computer
settings that can be synchronized to the cloud through the account. Even if users use other Win8 computers, they can synchronize to their own. Settings.

Login to Win8 via Microsoft account

Of course, the prerequisite for synchronization is that you need a Microsoft account, if you have used Hotmail before, MSN< Br> or Xbox Live, it means that you already have a Microsoft account; if not, register one.

In fact, during the process of installing Win8, the system will prompt to log in or register a Microsoft account, but it does not matter if you missed it. You can register one on the Outlook
.com website. After signing up, in addition to having a Microsoft account, you will also be able to use Microsoft services such as Outlook Mail, SkyDrive Cloud Storage, MSN and Onenote.

Registering Microsoft Accounts

After registration is complete, you can log in to Win8 via Microsoft account. Let's take a look at how to set up synchronization. Also at the start screen, go to "Change PC Settings" and select the "Sync Your Settings" section. Here we will see a lot of entries, you can choose the switch.

Win8 Sync Settings

Currently Syncable content includes personalization, desktop personalization, form password information, browser, Win8 application settings and other Windows settings. Etc. Through the Microsoft account, this content can be synced on any Win8 computer. Since the synchronization is performed via network transmission, the two items under "Synchronization on the connection according to the flow rate" can be turned off to avoid unnecessary loss.

Win8
Application Management

See the floating tiles on the start screen? This is another major feature of Win8 - the proprietary Win8 application. After Win8 is installed, we will find that the system already comes with a number of applications, mainly Microsoft's own services, including mail, calendar, Skydrive, music, video, photo albums, etc., as well as a number of Bing applications.

Win8 application

For traditional PC users, the music, video and other applications here are not too attractive, because we can choose more powerful Traditional software programs. The photo album application is also very inconvenient to use at present. It is more troublesome to import images. It is not recommended here.

However, I strongly recommend that you use the mail application and SkyDrive cloud storage service here. Using the Win8 mail application, even if you are not using Microsoft's Outlook
mailbox service, you can also send and receive mail, and see the new email reminder the first time after opening the computer
.

Other email users can also use the mail application

SkyDrive has opened up many Microsoft products
through Microsoft's overall layout. SkyDrive itself provides users with 7GB of initial storage space, and can also synchronize with the Office suite through cloud services to truly achieve cloud office.

SkyDrive

In addition to the system's own applications, users can also go to the App StoreDownload
to install apps of interest to them, such as Sina Weibo. QQ and other social applications, as well as QQ games, cutting ropes, cards and other games. The installation of the Win8 application is very simple, just click on the installation in the app store and the rest of the system will be completed automatically.

Windows Application Store

Need to be reminded that the application can only be installed on the system disk, so in order to install more applications in the future, it is recommended to give The system disk leaves more room. The app store will alert you to updates when the app has an update, and users can download the latest version of the app the first time.

Summary: Since the first step to open Win8 is to lock the screen interface, the second step is to start the screen, so the personalized settings and versatile Win8 applications can impact the user's vision in the first time. At the same time, you can check emails, reply to Weibo and other operations in the first time, which is much more convenient than the previous system.

Here we review the three things to do after installing Win8, that is to set up a personalized interface, register a Microsoft account, and download a rich Win8 application. The work after that is the same as Win7, such as installing the traditional software that you are used to, so we don't need to introduce it here.